Rolling Stone Mag Blog - Karl's Coup - Feb 9, 2005

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By TIM DICKINSON

Karl's Coup
The Evil Genius strikes again! Karl Rove the president's chief political strategist, credited with engineering Bush's rise from bungling baseball executive to commander in chief, will now have his hand in sweeping aspects of policy in his new role as deputy White House chief of staff.

In addition to being responsible for selling the president's agenda, Rove will now be charged with coordinating policy among the Domestic Policy Council, the National Economic Council, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council.

Two words: Fuck me.

Should we be shocked? I should have long ago disabused myself of any notion that the Bush administration formulated policy objectives first and then puzzled over the political implications later. But to see the naked inversion of policy and politics, to see the chief spin-meister actually formulating policy, to see Karl Rove standing between the National Security Council and the president, between the Homeland Security Council and the President -- it's nauseating.

Much more . . . A good read